# ziglang/zig

Moved to Codeberg

Repository: https://github.com/ziglang/zig
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/zig
Homepage: https://ziglang.org/news/migrating-from-github-to-codeberg/
Language: Zig
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: compiler, zig, language
Last push: 2025-11-27T01:42:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 56/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 54, release rhythm 33, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4046, "days_push": 280, "days_rel": 369, "gap_med": 88.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 43300, forks 3226 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:09.010992+00:00)

## What it is
Zig is a general-purpose systems programming language with a self-hosted optimizing compiler, C interop, and cross-compilation support. The GitHub repository has moved to Codeberg and is no longer mirrored here.

## Use cases
- write systems software in a modern language
- cross-compile C and Zig code for many targets
- replace a C compiler toolchain with a simpler one
- build fast native binaries without a runtime
- learn a low-level programming language
- use zig cc as a drop-in C compiler

## When to choose
- you need fine-grained control over memory and performance
- you want easy cross-compilation out of the box
- you are incrementally migrating a C/C++ codebase
- you want a language with no hidden control flow or allocations

## When to avoid
- you need a large ecosystem of mature third-party libraries
- you require guaranteed language stability before 1.0
- your team depends on GC or runtime-heavy paradigms
- you need long-term ABI stability commitments

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: compiler, programming-language, build-tool, package-manager
- domain: programming-languages, compilers, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli
- tags: zig, compiler, language, cross-compilation, c-interop, no-ai-policy, codeberg, systems-programming, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- ziglang/zig (main) score 56

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:09.010992+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:22:34.314375+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ziglang/zig (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:09.010992+00:00, sha 9857b0334a3d)
  - homepage: https://ziglang.org/news/migrating-from-github-to-codeberg/ (fetched 2026-08-29T07:45:59.825573+00:00, sha b81028cc30c1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.